The Guardian has pulled out of Apple News and Facebook Instant Articles. The UK newspaper was one of Apple's launch partners and had included every single story on their platform. The move is a clear sign of displeasure in how these platform-publishing initiatives have treated the business needs of the Guardian. Many publisher have complained that the revenue they generate from … [Read more...] about The Guardian is no longer including articles on Apple News or Facebook
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Penguin’s Read A Book, Give A Book Opportunity
There's a great commercial right now featuring a man who goes through his daily life and keeps encountering worthy causes: a puppy from the shelter, a teenager who needs a mentor, a homeless veteran, even a polar bear whose habitat is disappearing. The point is that there are great needs all around us, but that the first step is to choose a way to help and get started.And … [Read more...] about Penguin’s Read A Book, Give A Book Opportunity
Google is combating Fake News with a new Fact Check System
Google is looking to do something about the onslaught of fake news and propaganda that has been running rampant lately. Google has launched a new feature on Search and News which shows a "Fact Check" label for certain links, indicating whether a third-party fact-checking organization has found the story factual or not. It rolled out last week globally, in all languages.Here … [Read more...] about Google is combating Fake News with a new Fact Check System
NASA Unveils New Digital Library with Audio, Pictures and Video
NASA has just launched a brand new digital library that comprises of thousands of their photos of space, alongside audio and video. One of the most compelling aspects about this new service is that it brings content from 60 different collections in one place and the entire library is searchable."NASA Image and Video Library allows users to search, discover and download a … [Read more...] about NASA Unveils New Digital Library with Audio, Pictures and Video
Good e-Reader Weekend Edition
Good e-Reader is well known in the digital publishing and e-reader industry as being the definitive news outlet. Every week we publish dozens of news items that give you an insider's perspective on audiobooks, e-paper and e-books. Today, we would like to unveil a new feature that we will publish every saturday, the Good e-Reader Weekend Edition.The Mystery of the $2.5 … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Weekend Edition
Texture is launching a one million dollar ad campaign
Texture is one of the largest digital magazine platforms and is currently available in Canada and the United States. The company is in the midst of launching a new ad campaign for print and digital, and has earmarked one million dollars. It is going to highlight news and political magazines and will hopefully lead to more paid subscriptions for their app for Apple and … [Read more...] about Texture is launching a one million dollar ad campaign
Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool
If you're a self-published author, writing your book is only half the battle. Some might even argue that it's the easy part of being an author. Indies have been beaten over the head for years now about the need to hire professionals to take the manuscript and turn it into a book, with costs associated with editing, proofreading, cover design, formatting, and marketing. The … [Read more...] about Amazon KDP Unveils Kindle Create Word Doc Conversion Tool
Russian Bookseller Develops New FB3 EBook Format
The long term viability of the EPUB format is in serious doubt and this has prompted Russia's largest e-book company to do something about it. LitRes has developed the “.fb3” format and will be marketing it later this year.The .fb3 format is an open XML-based ebook format, also called FictionBook and is very popular in Russia. The previous version of this format uses .fb2 … [Read more...] about Russian Bookseller Develops New FB3 EBook Format
Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology
Kobo has just announced that it has acquired Shelfie, a service that was built to enable customers to get free or discounted eBook versions of books in their print libraries, and get recommendations based on print books they already own. The deal includes technology assets, IP, and the infrastructure on which the ecosystem runs; it also includes hiring Shelfie’s skilled team, … [Read more...] about Kobo Acquires Shelfie Technology
New Prime Reading Offer Asks Authors to Give Up Royalties. Here’s Why They Should.
As if Amazon didn't already have enough critics, the company has unleashed a new invitation-only offer that is going to raise some author ire. It's new Prime Reading membership, a free benefit of having an Amazon Prime membership which is not to be confused with the monthly fee-based Kindle Unlimited, lets customers read pre-selected books at no additional cost. It can easily … [Read more...] about New Prime Reading Offer Asks Authors to Give Up Royalties. Here’s Why They Should.
You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
The amount of pirated e-books that are publicly available on Torrent sites or forum have increased in recent years. It is estimated that pirated content costs the publishing industry over $315 million dollars in 2016. In the past, digital publishers have turned a blind eye to piracy because most of them still think people are scanning books manually and posting the PDF file. … [Read more...] about You would be surprised who pirates eBooks the most
Amazon May Be Close to a Deal in EU Case
Amazon is no stranger to issues surrounding ebook prices. Stateside, Amazon was a quiet player in the Apple-Big Five lawsuit brought about by the Department of Justice, but in Europe, Amazon is the central figure in the proceedings. At its heart, the issue stems from alleged price fixing that forces the publishers' hands in an already hotly contested topic.But there may be … [Read more...] about Amazon May Be Close to a Deal in EU Case
Down with eBooks, Up with Print
It's an old song, but it's still ringing out from the global marketplace: ebook sales are down, print sales are up, and we think the kids are to blame. In all seriousness, the very early days of the digital publishing revolution showed us that ebooks could hold their own in the book publishing arena, or at the very least come in a close enough second to not be scorned as a … [Read more...] about Down with eBooks, Up with Print